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Battle Armor Faker has become extremely rare (if not the rarest if you don't include SDCC variants and exclusives). I found it easy to pick up from the TRU website when it was first released. It was easier to find online that even the Zodac and She-Ra packs. Once it was gone though - it was gone.

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I don't know if they qualified as rare, hard to find or most sought; Teela was never re-released with "The Original" star burst, but was put online again at Black Friday of 2011 for 2 sec.
If by rare we consider figures that have been online only once or twice, we have:

Ebay is not always a good thermometer for a figure's rarity. Often a seller will see only one or two others selling am item so they jack up their asking price and BAM the new market price has been set so all the others follow suit. For example Whiplash, the guy has never been overly expensive yet, he is now Buy It Now priced for roughly $70. That price its way too high and in a few weeks it will dip down again. He wasn't short produced or anything.

IMO Battle Armor Faker is the hardest figure to come by other than the EXTREMELY RARE KG and She-Ra's.

You know I never really paid all that much attention to my He-Ro figure's stone and I just notice that it is purple. What makes him so rare, I brought him only a few weeks ago and paid around $20.

You know I never really paid all that much attention to my He-Ro figure's stone and I just notice that it is purple. What makes him so rare, I brought him only a few weeks ago and paid around $20.

Wow, you lucked out, Torak!

He-Ro came with one of three different versions of the spellstone in his staff. The most common one is the Green Stone of Protection, followed by the Red Stone of Defense, and the Purple Stone of Healing was the produced in the lowest quantities. In the package, the staff is closed so that you can't see which stone you got but I heard that you can cheat that by shining a light at it and seeing the color of the reflection. Most of the He-Ro's I've seen offered on eBay don't make any mention of the stone color, making it tricky for collectors who want to have every version of him. And then there's He-Ro's sold at San Diego with the SDCC logo stamped on his chest, underneath the armor, vs those who were later offered on Mattycollector without the stamp...That's six He-Ro's for the hardcore collectors!

So I guess you can say that the convention-bought Purple-stoned He-Ro with the SDCC logo is one of the rarest MOTUC figures to have!

Battle Armor Faker has become extremely rare (if not the rarest if you don't include SDCC variants and exclusives). I found it easy to pick up from the TRU website when it was first released. It was easier to find online that even the Zodac and She-Ra packs. Once it was gone though - it was gone.

This is true. It was quite easy to purchase BA Faker. I thought he was up for a few days before sellout. I just don't think the masses knew when TRU was going to list the item. But yes this item is rare....some people don't even know that this was an actual figure made.

He-Ro came with one of three different versions of the spellstone in his staff. The most common one is the Green Stone of Protection, followed by the Red Stone of Defense, and the Purple Stone of Healing was the produced in the lowest quantities. In the package, the staff is closed so that you can't see which stone you got but I heard that you can cheat that by shining a light at it and seeing the color of the reflection. Most of the He-Ro's I've seen offered on eBay don't make any mention of the stone color, making it tricky for collectors who want to have every version of him. And then there's He-Ro's sold at San Diego with the SDCC logo stamped on his chest, underneath the armor, vs those who were later offered on Mattycollector without the stamp...That's six He-Ro's for the hardcore collectors!

So I guess you can say that the convention-bought Purple-stoned He-Ro with the SDCC logo is one of the rarest MOTUC figures to have!

WOW, that's crazy! It wasn't until this thread that I look at my figure and wondered what color the gem was I notice it was purple. Of course, I saw it when I 1st got him but didn't know it was rare and I display him with it close so I forgot what color it was. Crazy!

Yes the 200X Teela was hard to find in the US as she was in the "smash blade" wave. Also she wasn't released at all in the UK or Europe.

Teela being a female character in a boys line was short packed. Female characters are an interesting beast. Many collectors don't want them, even as adults but those who do really want to make sure to get them and they may not made to reach that demand.

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One Gum Drop to bring them all and in the sweetness bind them
In the Land of Candy where the Gingerbreads lie.
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This topic has always interested me. The debate between "supply vs. demand" and "number of units produced" is always fun. In my opinion, obviously leaving out the KG stuff and chrome She-Ra or whatever it was, I would say BA Faker, just because it was up and off the TRU site fairly quickly, never made it to a lot of the stores, was US only (if I recall correctly) and it was a con-exclusive (sort of outside of the time on the TRU site). I never found him, missed him online, and haven't seen one in person so I am not sure it actually really exists. just joking! But BA Faker gets my vote.....

This topic has always interested me. The debate between "supply vs. demand" and "number of units produced" is always fun. In my opinion, obviously leaving out the KG stuff and chrome She-Ra or whatever it was, I would say BA Faker, just because it was up and off the TRU site fairly quickly, never made it to a lot of the stores, was US only (if I recall correctly) and it was a con-exclusive (sort of outside of the time on the TRU site). I never found him, missed him online, and haven't seen one in person so I am not sure it actually really exists. just joking! But BA Faker gets my vote.....

Really agree with you as this thread is really interesting, we will see as time goes by how many other figures will join to this V.I.P group of rarest ones!

Wow! I had no idea how rare the BA Faker vs. Bizarro 2-pack was. I was lucky enough to get one from the TRU website when they were available. At the time I never considered that it would be valuable one day, especially so soon. It's been packed away in my closet for a long while now. After reading this I may have to go get it out and put it back on display.